Brandon

During my 20's and 30's I had lots of friends/co workers who were friendly with Bombers/Jets players. It's not out of the realm to believe that people on here have inside stories. I'm still waiting to find out who knows what blackmail that Jake Thomas has on O'Shea... anyone?

Football fans are aging out of the CFL big time. For Canada the white population which makes up a large majority of the CFL audience are just no longer having kids and families at all. As each generation goes by that rate keeps dropping at a significant rate. Canada has replaced the drop in population via immigration and those folks have absolutely zero interest in Canadian football. 30 years ago when I was a kid the parks were full of kids playing soccer/football and the streets had tonnes of kids playing street hockey. Nowdays they are almost all empty with exception of the East Indian community who are the only ones in my area that utilize the parks and those kids are playing soccer mainly. I'm not sure how you can grow the football game to folks with zero nostalgia or awareness of it. This is why I think Miller has done a great job of making a Blue Bomber home game a fun event. It's an event that can appeal for all ages and the football game is the icing on the cake. I don't believe the invention of an IPad has destroyed interest in the CFL.

I don't think anyone thinks the OC is a genius. Does anyone on these boards even remotely respect or think positively at all about Hogan?

I can't imagine it being anything outside of maybe some kind of streaming deal , gambling deal, NFL deal where the ratio changes, something of interest but nothing that would completely overshadow the Grey Cup.

I'm guessing the reason they are doing better is because of stability in the coaching and the ability to bring in guys who can play or make the changes they need. I may be wrong but isn't Tre Ford healthy and able to play? The coaches gave him a shot and then transitioned to Fajardo when it wasn't working out.

Dolegala and Patterson right now are an improvement over a guy who could only complete 3 passes in 4 quarters. No questions about it. Those 2 guys also have had more success in the CFL (see my post about throwing for more then 250 yards). Look I was among the top Streveler fans, I used him as my avatar and pumped his tires and proclaimed that how could a guy stick in the NFL for a few years if he was a bum. I was more then willing to hand the guys the keys and let him take over. He's had his chances this season and is trending downwards and simply hasn't shown anything at all. This reminds me of me crapping on Nichols a few years back when a couple of people on these boards INSISTED that the guy wasn't shot and that we are to blame the coaches and everyone else. It's time to move on and try someone else it's not working at all. It's the CFL you CAN bring a QB in and have them at least give you a shot at winning (see Dolegala/Patterson putting up 250 yards on a terrible Saskatchewan team). Wilson may also be a "jobber", but he hasn't been given a chance AT all. Why in the hell would the coaches not give the 3rd quarter to Wilson to see if maybe he can spark the O? At this point we've had numerous games where he should of been put into the game to at least give a change of pace or a different look to see if it would do anything at all. All of our faults this season has been a clear definition of insanity and it's frustrating as a fan that they havn't even tried to make a change for the better. It's like they are looking at 2019 and trying to milk the ever lasting last bit of juice from it. It's bizarre.

And Edmonton has been way more competitive this season as compared to the previous few years. TBurgess is correct in saying they are close to being a winning team.

"We won because we prevented Terry Wilson from seeing the field and possibly throwing more then 9 passes. " - Noeller & 17to85

I would assume that the % chance of us winning games with him throwing very little would be well below 50%. Throwing only 3 completions has to be something ridiculously low like 10%....

They've played hard for most of the season, they are trending in the right direction that is for sure.

Fun stat.... Streveler in his career with the Blue has only 2 games with more then 250 yards. Jake Dolegala in one season with the riders had 5 games with more then 250 yards , the next season Shea Patterson with the Riders had 4 games himself with over 250 yards. We cut two of those guys and kept the wrong one.

Yes because Strev and his 3 completions was such a major factor in why they won tonight. Wilson is healthier and at this point a much better runner then Strev. So nothing to lose and everything to gain. Not a single highlight of Strev making a completion.... just highlights of him holding onto the ball getting sacked, running up the gut, throwing a death pass , and a singular good running play. Insanity that they didn't give Wilson at least 2 series to see if he could do anything at all. Veteran qb with proven track records get pulled for playing much better then what Strev did... I'm 100% ready for them to clean house with the O and get rid of O'Shea. I'm ok with Younger and keeping Walters to see if O'Shea was the issue.

Hogan needs to go no questions about it. But even in our darkest days when Mike Kelly attempted to run his outdated bizarre scheme.... those qbs still managed to make more then 3 completions. It is time to clean house and make big changes.

So can they fire Hogan today or do they need to wait until Sunday?

I'll take one loss with massive changes (I.e. fire Hogan, playing Wilson, bringing in new guys for both lines) over saying 'F everyone else' and no changes after a terrible win.